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Via @adriana872: if you use FaceBook, reconsider its importance in your life and ask what if they took it away from you http://is.gd/iPvA # morning tabfest -> Open All In Tabs -> 50+ pages to skim before brain is booted. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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OpenSolaris. ZFS. 24,000 snapshots. Nautilus going like a snail whenever it opens a directory folder. snapdir=hidden. Why ? # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Virtual Cave Pretty. Russian Woodpecker – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Russian Woodpecker was a notorious Soviet signal that could be heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between July 1976 and December 1989. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise, at 10 Hz, giving rise to the "Woodpecker" name. The random frequency hops…

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Either God just dragged his finger across my roof, or I just heard the most tremendous thunderclap… and the snow has started down *hard* # marco pierre white does evil: http://tinyurl.com/dlyl48 – shun him. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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…you know you want to. Though they might be Alpacas, I’m not certain. Also, there are goats. I like goats more than this car. The video is arty with the sound on, unintentionally hilarious with the sound off, and the whole project reminds me of the NARO which I’ve covered before, although the unfortunately named…

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Just did “Conflict of Interest” training and “Keep It Safe” training; the “choosing a password” bit was amusing. Sales Training Tomorrow… # beware rodney stanger: http://tinyurl.com/dc5hto # Anyone else getting Firefox to crash on Flickr.com from OpenSolaris? View Sets, pick one, boom… # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Jacqui Smith cracks down on gangs via computers, closets • The Register Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today announced plans to insert provisions into the Policing and Crime Bill that would allow courts to impose a range of restrictions on individuals. These include not allowing individuals to enter a “specified place”, for example a gang’s “territory”,…

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stuck in bed at home with flu of some sort, throat/lungs; trying to sleep it off. just had marmite on toast, need rooibos… # Once there was a God of USENET whose name we would invoke – Kibo – and lo! He would come and respond. Now there is @stephenfry 🙂 # A warning for…

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If you’ve not heard of VRM, or if you’ve heard mixed reports and want to know what it is really about, read http://is.gd/i5pO for the truth # If you grew up in the UK in the 70s/80s, you’ll likely not believe this is still going: http://tinyurl.com/ccvmsr # nice that someone remembers, but it’s a shame…

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Does anyone actually care about SELinux? Does anyone know of it being actually configured and used to utmost? Reality, not rumor, wanted… # if yuo wanna talk about the weather http://tinyurl.com/c4wm6o #uksnow # Yay! How ’bout dem Stillers? 🙂 # Months ago I read an article about the death of American journalism, everything being cast…

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…is all here in the VRM white paper by Adriana; I saw a lot of effort and material go into the creation of this document, and my personal hope is that it will help drag VRM back from the valley of the shadow of startups, committees, “user-centric” standards and intellectual property, and get people thinking…

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